Fragments of Noir

Thursday 7 December 2023

Wednesday 6 December 2023

Self Portrait #13

Elliot Erwitt

Eve Arnold

Erwin Blumenfeld

Stanley Kubrick

Lee Friedlander

Leon Herschritt

Pierre Jahan

Lee Miller

Robert Doisneau

Saul Leiter

Vivian Maier

Weegee

Tuesday 5 December 2023

Russian Roulette

Way of the Gun
Christopher McQuarrie
2000

Monday 4 December 2023

Not to be Affected

I don't believe in anything, but i'm too much of a gambler not to be affected by a lot of things.

Dashiell Hammett

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Playgroundai.com

Jennifer Jason Leigh

In the Cut

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Miami Blues

Kansas City

The Machinist

Road to Perdition

Rush

Single White Female

Sunday 3 December 2023

I had drifted somewhere and woke with a start. The pillow was soaked and my shirt collar awash with cold sweat. I needed a drink. I grabbed the half-empty Tequila bottle and took a shot. It burned with a fragrance sweet as my mother's smile. I was tired of waiting. Why didn't they come now and put an end to it. My hands shook as i lit a cigarette. My last ? I watched the lingering smoke snake towards the window. Is this how your soul finally escapes ? Slowly and reluctantly before it dissolves into the big night ? I turned off the lamp. "Cancel my subscription to the resurrection."

excerpt from
Not Dark Yet : Cancel My Subscription to the Resurrection
Tony Ambra
Filmsnoir.net
2010

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Paul Gilbert